Window-curtain



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WINDOW CURTAIN. No. 341,998. Patented May 18, 1886.

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LZPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,998, dated May181, 1886.

Application filed January 23, 1886. Serial No. 189,516, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES DARLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dryden, in the county of Lapeer, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Gurtains and.Mosquite-Bars Combined, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawin My inventionrelates to improvements in curtain-fixtures; and my object is to producea structure that will answer the double purpose of shades and nets forwindows, so that with cultains and mosquito-bar thus combined into onefixture the Windows may be kept open, and light be shut out or let inwithout admitting into the room flies, mosquitoes, and other pests ofsummer heat.

To this end my invention consists in affixing a mosquito-bar to the mainslat that supports the curtains, and in the construction of both shadesand nets, as will be more fully understood.

The figure is a front "iew of my device, showing the double windowshadesand mosquito-bar when in combined use and operation.

A is a mosquito-bar ofany convenient shape, size, or material, kept tautby the weight of the roller'a, and tackedor conveniently attached to themain supportingslat of the curtain-fixtu re.

B and G are the two upwardrolling shades, their lower ends being \voundround the respective rollers b and c, and their upper ends firmlysecured to the respective slats D and E.

F represents a pair of ordinary double straps, that are passed round theslats D and E, just spoken of, and serve to support the lower shade, G.

The raising and working of the shades or curtains is effected by meansof a pair of ordinary curtaincords to each shade, the pulley arrangementof the cords being as follows: Attached by one end to the ring-screw fin the center of the supporting-slat, each cord is passed through theloose ring 6, then carried right or left through the ring-screw f,whence it runs down in front of the shade to the end roller, beinglooped around the latter, and etc tending in rear of shade up and aroundthe top slat of the same, when it is finally fastened to the ring-screwf, already mentioned. loose or free ring 6 carries the ring-tassel g, inthe body of which lies hidden and ensconced a leaden weight, by means ofwhich latter the shade is balanced, and is kept in the position to whichit has been raised for the purpose of light or ventilation.

Having now fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and tosecure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination, with double windowshades suspended from a common support, of a weighted free mosquito-baraffixed at its upper end to said support and hanging behind curtains,the shades and not forming one device, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a curtain-fixture, the weighted mosquito-bar A, suspended fromslat D, in combination with the window-shades B and O, the formerattached to said slat D and the latter to slat D by straps F, each shadebeing operated independently by cords and pulleys, said cords beingsecured to the center screw-ring, f, on the sup porting-slats, thencepassed through the screw-rings f, being looped around the roller at thelower end of the shade, and finally secured to the supporting-slat ofthe shade, as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES DARLAND, Witnesses: i

LEM THIERRY,

JACOB SOHLICHTER.

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